A method for clusterized power sharing conversion and regulation of the primary source power within the power converting and regulating supplies includes performing simultaneously and indispensably a procedure of subdividing every switch-mode power conversion process into multiples of sub-processes, each performed with a less intensive power draw within a separate power conversion channel, a procedure of time-displacing these sub-processes and a procedure of overlaying the power shares drawn through the separate power conversion channels. When applied to the power supply systems these procedures are performed within the summing circuits between primary power sources and power converting apparatus and loads. The improved method offers a procedure of subdividing the multiple power conversion power-on cycles into a number of separate clusters each containing at least one or more power-on cycles, a procedure of time-displacing the clusterized power-on cycles with respect to each other within the same cluster, a procedure of summing the portions of power drawn through the same cluster, a procedure of time-displacing the clusters, a procedure of summing the shares of power drawn through all clusters, and a procedure of controlling the time-displacement intervals to provide optimal superimposition of power shares drawn through the system which results in improvement of ripple filtering, efficiency and rate-of-response to changes in load.
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1. Method for power sharing conversion and regulation of the primary source power within the power converting and regulating supplies, comprised of the following steps: subdividing every process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation into a number of less intensive power draw switch-mode sub-processes; time-displacing the power-on cycles of the less intensive switch-mode sub-processes; summing the portions of power converted through said less-intensive switch-mode sub-processes within the corresponding circuits; and wherein the improvement is comprised performing all three steps simultaneously and essentially within all and every common draw-paths of power conversion and regulation system.
2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria the optimal value for N number of said sub-processes.
3. Method according to claim 2 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria the optimal constant, N const, value for N number of said sub-processes related to every successive process of switch mode power conversion and regulation.
4. Method according to claim 2 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting, in accordance with pre-selected criteria, the optimal value N var value for N number of said sub-related to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation in accordance with pre-selected criteria.
5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the time-displacement t N exists between the start-on points of the said power-on cycles of the said sub-processes with respect to each other said sub-process, and wherein the improvement comprises the individual set-up for every on-going said time-displacement t N within the range of: 0< t N T/N 1 where T is the period of said power-on cycles of said sub-processes and N is the number of said sub-processes.
6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the improvement comprises the steps of: pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria for the optimal value of M number of said sub-processes in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation; defining the value for Q number so, that: Q N/M; 2 subdividing said N number of said sub-processes into said Q number of separate groups each containing said M number of said sub-processes; combining in accordance with pre-selected criteria said M number of said sub-processes into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups; time-displacing the said power-on cycles of every said sub-process of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other said sub-process within the same said cluster of the same said separate group; individually setting-up every on-going interrelated time-displacement t M between the start-on points of the successive said power-on cycles of every said sub-process of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other said sub-process within the same said cluster of the same said separate group within the range of: 0< t M T/M; 3 combining all said power-on cycles of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups into a power-on cluster; time-displacing the said Q number of separate said power-on clusters each containing said M number of clusterized power-on cycles of said M number of said sub-processes combined within every said cluster with respect to each other said power-on cluster; individually setting-up every on-going time-displacement t N between the start-on points of the said power-on clusters of the clusterized power-on cycles of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other said power-on cluster within the range of: 0< t N T/N.
7. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the improvement comprises pre-selecting the optimal constant M const value for M number of said sub-processes in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation.
8. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the improvement comprises pre-selecting the optimal value M var for M number of said sub-processes in respect to every successive process of power conversion and regulation.
9. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the improvement comprises the steps of: pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria the optimal value for said M number of said sub-processes in respect of every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation; pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria the optimal value for said Q number of said groups in respect of every successive essential process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation; defining the optimal value for said N number of said sub-processes in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation so, that: N M*Q; 4 combining in accordance with pre-selected criteria said M number of said sub-processes into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups; time-displacing the said power-on cycles of every said sub-process of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other sub-process of the same said cluster of the same said separate group; individually setting up every on-going interrelated time-displacement t M between the start-on points of the successive said power-on cycles of every said sub-process of of said separate groups with respect to each other said sub-process within the same said cluster of the same said separate group within the range of: 0< t M T/M; combining all said power-on cycles of said M number of said sub-processes into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups into a power-on cluster; time-displacing the said Q number of separate said power-on clusters each containing said M number of clusterized power-on cycles of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other said power-on cluster; individually setting-up every on-going time-displacement t N between the start-on points of the said power-on clusters of the clusterized power-on cycles of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups within the range of: 0< t N T/N.
10. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the optimal value M const for M number of said sub-processes in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation.
11. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the-improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the optimal value M var for M number of said sub-processes in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation.
12. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the optimal value Q const for Q number of said separate groups in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation.
13. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the optimal value Q var for Q number of said separate groups in respect of every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation.
14. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the following steps: pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria the optimal value for said Q number of said separate groups in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation; pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria the individual optimal value M q var for M q number of said sub-processes for everyone of Q number of said separate groups in respect to every successive process of power conversion and regulation; defining the optimal value for N number of said sub-processes in respect to every successive process of power conversion and regulation so, that: N M 1 M 2 . . . M Q M q ; 5 combining in accordance with pre-selected criteria every said individual M q number of said sub-processes into a cluster within every corresponding said separate group; time-displacing the said power-on cycles of every said sub-process of said M q number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other said sub-process within the same said cluster of the same said separate group; individually setting-up every on-going time-displacement t Mq between the start-on points of the successive said power-on cycles of every said sub-process of said M q number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other said sub-process within the same said cluster of the same said separate group within the range of: 0< t Mq T/M q ; 6 combining all said power-on cycles of every said M q number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within every said Q number of said separate groups into a power-on cluster; time-displacing the said Q number of separate power-on clusters each containing said M q number of clusterized power-on cycles of said M q number of said sub-processes combined within every said cluster with respect to each other power-on cluster; individually setting-up every on-going time-displacement t N between the start-on points of the said power-on clusters of the sub-grouped power-on cycles of said M q number of said sub-processes combined into a cluster within everyone of said Q number of said separate sub-groups within the range of: 0< t N T/N selecting the optimal value Q const for Q number of said separate groups in respect of every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation.
15. Method according to claim 14 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the optimal value Q var for Q number of said separate sub-groups in respect to every successive process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation.
16. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the step of summing the portions of power converted through said clusterized sub-processes into the power segments within said corresponding circuits.
17. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the equalizing of the corresponding electrical parameters of everyone of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a said cluster within a separate group with respect to corresponding electric parameters of all other said sub-processes combined within the same said cluster of the same said separate group.
18. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the improvement is comprised of performing the said equalizing of the corresponding electrical parameters of said M number of said clusterized sub-processes within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups.
19. Method according to claim 17 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the tolerance to which the said equalizing of the corresponding electrical parameters of said M number of said clusterized sub-processes should be performed.
20. Method according to claim 6 , is comprised of the step of summing the portions of power converted through said sub-processes into the power segments within said corresponding circuits, wherein the improvement is comprised of summing the power segments that are the result of summing the portions of power converted through power-on clusters.
21. Method according to claim 6 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the equalizing of the corresponding resultant electrical parameters of said power segments that are the result of summing the portions of power converted through power-on clusters.
22. Method according to claim 21 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the tolerance to which the said equalizing of the resultant electrical parameters of the summed said power segments should be performed.
23. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the step of summing the portions of power converted through said clusterized sub-processes into the power segments within said corresponding circuits.
24. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the equalizing of the corresponding electrical parameters of everyone of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a said cluster within a separate group with respect to corresponding electrical parameters of all other said sub-processes combined within the same said cluster of the same said separate group.
25. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the improvement comprises performing the said interrelative symmetrizing the corresponding electric parameters of said M number of said clusterized sub-processes within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups.
26. Method according to claim 24 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the tolerance to which the said equalizing of the corresponding electrical parameters of said M number of said clusterized sub-processes should be performed.
27. Method according to claim 9 , comprised of the steps of summing the portions of power converted through said sub-processes into the power segments within said corresponding circuits, wherein the improvement is comprised of summing the power segments that are the result of summing the portions of power converted through power-on clusters.
28. Method according to claim 9 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the equalizing of the corresponding resultant electric parameters of said power segments that are the result of summing the portions of power converted through power-on clusters.
29. Method according to claim 28 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the tolerance to which said equalizing the resultant electric parameters of the summed said power segments should be performed.
30. Method according to claim 14 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the step of summing the portions of power converted through said clusterized sub-processes into the power segments within said corresponding circuits.
31. Method according to claim 14 , wherein the improvement is comprised pf the equalizing the corresponding electrical parameters of everyone of said M number of said sub-processes combined into a said cluster within a separate group with respect to corresponding electrical parameters of all other said sub-processes combined within the same said cluster of the same said separate group.
32. Method according to claim 14 , wherein the improvement is comprised of performing the said equalizing of the corresponding electrical parameters of said M number of said clusterized sub-processes within everyone of said Q number of said separate groups.
33. Method according to claim 31 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the tolerance to which the said equalizing the corresponding electric parameters of said M number of said clusterized sub-processes should be performed.
34. Method according to claim 14 , is comprised of the step of summing the portions of power converted through said sub-processes into the power segments within said corresponding circuits, wherein the improvement is comprised of summing the power segments resulted of summing the portions of power converted through power-on clusters.
35. Method according to claim 14 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the equalizing of the corresponding resultant electrical parameters of said power segments that are the result of summing the portions of power converted through power-on clusters.
36. Method according to claim 35 , wherein the improvement is comprised of pre-selecting the tolerance to which the said equalizing of the resultant electric parameters of the summed said power segments should be performed.
37. Method for clusterized power sharing switch-mode power conversion and regulation of a primary source power through a power supply system configuration comprised of one primary power source, at least one multi-channel DC-DC power converter and one load, wherein the improvement is comprised of performing the method according to claim 1 within the input circuitry of the said primary power source, within the input and output circuits of the said DC-DC power converter, within the input circuitry of the said load.
38. Method for switch-mode conversion and regulation of a primary source power through a power supply system configuration comprised of multiple primary power sources, multiple multi-channel DC-DC power converters and one load, wherein the improvement is comprised performing the method according to claim 1 within the output circuits of the said multiple primary power sources, within the input and output circuits of the said multiple DC-DC power converters, within the input circuitry of the said load.
39. Method for switch-mode conversion and regulation of a primary source power through a power supply system configuration comprised of one primary power source, multiple multi-channel DC-DC power converters and multiple loads, wherein the improvement is comprised of performing the method according to claim 1 within the output circuitry of said primary power source, within the input and output circuits of said multiple DC-DC power converters, within the input circuits of said multiple loads.
40. Method for switch-mode conversion and regulation of a primary power source through a power supply system configuration comprised of multiple primary sources, multiple multi-channel DC-DC power converters and multiple loads, wherein the improvement is comprised of performing the method according to claim 1 within the output circuits of said multiple primary power sources, within the input and output circuits of said multiple DC-DC power converters and within the input circuits of said multiple loads.
41. Power supply system configuration according to claim 37 , wherein the improvement is comprised of including the means for summing the portions of power consumed from the primary power source by a multi-channel DC-DC power converter in a switch mode, and said the means to provide electrical compatibility between the output circuitry of the primary power source and input circuitry of the DC-DC power converter.
42. Power supply system configuration according to claim 37 , wherein the improvement is comprised of including the means for summing the portions of power delivered to a load by a multi-channel DC-DC power converter, and said means to provide electrical compatibility between the output circuitry of the DC-DC converter and input circuitry of a load.
43. Power supply system configuration according to claim 37 comprised of: at least one multi-channel DC-DC power converter comprised of: multiple interconnected switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channels, each developed of any type of current of future topology, each processing a pre-selected portion of the entire amount of power being converted through the whole multi-channel DC-DC power converter within every process of switch-mode power conversion and regulation, each operating with the same conversion frequency period, with input circuits connected in series or in parallel to said primary DC power source and with output circuits connected in series or in parallel to said load, circuits comprised of a means for summing the portions of power converted through the switch-mode power conversion processes, said means provide electrical compatibility between the circuits they couple, control circuit comprising means for generating the synchronizing and operating signals for controlling the said power conversion channels, feedback circuitry comprising means for correcting the synchronizing and operating signals, wherein the improvement comprises the steps of; subdividing in accordance with pre-selected criteria of said multiple switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channels into a number of separate groups each containing at least one said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channel; combining in accordance with pre-selected criteria said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channels within said separate groups; time-displacing the power-on cycles every said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channel with respect to each other said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channel of the same said separate group; time-displacing the clusters of power-on cycles of said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channels combined within every said separate group with respect to each other said group; summing the portions of power converted through everyone of said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channel within the corresponding means.
44. Power supply system according to claim 37 , wherein the improvement is comprised of a step of pre-selecting in accordance with pre-selected criteria a number of said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channels combined within every said separate groups.
45. Power supply system configuration according to claim 37 , is comprised of the total N number of said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channels subdivided into Q number of said separate groups each containing M q number of said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channels combined within, wherein the improvement is comprised of the steps: individually setting-up every on-going time-displacement t Mq between the start-on points of the successive power-on cycles of every said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channel combined within everyone of Q number of said separate groups with respect to each other, said switch-mode DC-DC power conversion channel of the same said group within the range of: 0< t Mq T/M q where T is a period of said power-on cycles of power conversion within said DC-DC power conversion channels; individually setting-up every on-going time-displacement t N between the start-on points of clusters of power-on cycles, i.e. power-on clusters of the in-group combined DC-DC power conversion channels, with respect to the other group clusters within the range of: 0< t N T/N.
46. Power supply system according to claim 45 , wherein the control circuit generates N number of operating signals with the time-displacement t N between the start-on points of the said operating signals, wherein the improvement is comprised of setting-up every on-going said time-displacement t N within the range of: 0< t N T/N.
47. Power supply system configuration according to claim 46 , wherein the improvement is comprised of distributing said N number of said operating signals in such specific order that time-displacement t Mq exists between the start-on points of said operating signals with respect to each other successive said operating signal applied to control the power-on cycles of everyone of said M number of DC-DC power conversion channels combined within the same said separate group and time-displacement t N exists between the start-on points of successive said operating signals applied to control the power-on clusters of said in-group combined DC-DC power conversion channels with respect to each other said separate group cluster.
48. Power supply system configuration according to claim 47 , wherein the improvement is comprised of the steps: setting-up said time-displacement t Mq within the range of: 0< t Mq T/M q setting-up said time-displacement t N within the range of: 0< t N T/N.
49. Power supply system configuration according to claim 43 , where the improvement is that every said DC-DC power conversion channel contains the equalizing feed-back means correcting the synchronizing and operating signals in such a specific way that corresponding the electrical parameters of power conversion processes within said DC-DC power conversion channels are inter-equalized to pre-selected tolerances between said DC-DC power conversion channels combined into separate groups and in relation to every DC-DC power conversion channel combined within the same group.
50. Power supply system configuration according to claim 49 , wherein the improvement is that every said separate group of said DC-DC power conversion channel contains the equalizing feed-back means correcting the synchronizing and operating signals in such a specific way that corresponding electrical parameters of power conversion processes within said DC-DC power conversion channels are inter-equalized to pre-selected tolerances between said separate groups and in relation to every said separate group.
51. Power supply system configuration according to claim 43 , with a control circuit comprised of one common clock pulse generating circuit and Q number of synchronization circuits, each for M q number of DC-DC power conversion channels, wherein the improvement is that said common clock pulse generating circuit provides a clock pulse signal with a period of: T Mq T/M q , said clock pulse signal is applied to the inputs of everyone of Q number of said synchronization circuits, everyone of said synchronization circuits generates a group of M q number of synchronizing signals with a period of: T T Mq *M q , for corresponding M q number of in-grouped DC-DC power conversion channels, everyone of said synchronizing signals is time-displaced for an interval of: T Mq T/M q with respect to each other successive said signal, said groups of M q number of synchronizing signals are time-displaced for an interval of: 0< t N T/N and are used for synchronizing the power-on cycles within said DC-DC power converters.
52. Power supply system configuration according to claim 43 , is comprised of one primary DC power source, a multi-channel DC-DC power converter comprising N number of multiple DC-DC power conversion channels and one load, wherein the improvement is comprised of combining the output circuit of said primary DC power source together with the input circuits of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter and combining the output circuits of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter together with input circuit of said load in such a specific order that said combined circuits are common for N number of switch-mode power conversion processes performed within said multiple DC-DC power conversion channels.
53. Power supply system configuration according to claim 43 , is comprised of a number of multiple primary DC power sources and one load, wherein the improvement comprises combining the output circuits of primary DC power sources together with input circuits of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter and combining the output circuits of said multichannel DC-DC power converter together with input circuitry of said load in such a specific order, that said combined circuits of said primary DC power sources and of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter are common for M number of switch-mode power conversion processes and input circuitry of the load is common for N number of switch-mode power conversion processes so that: N M*R, where R is the number of multiple primary DC power sources.
54. Power supply system configuration according to claim 43 , is comprised of one primary DC power source and a number of multiple loads, wherein the improvement comprises combining the output circuitry of the primary DC power source together with input circuits of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter and combining the output circuits of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter together with input circuits of said multiple loads in such a specific order that said combined circuits of primary DC power source and of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter are common for M number of switch-mode power conversion processes and said combined circuits of said multi-channel DC-DC power converter and of said multiple loads are common for N number of switch-mode power conversion processes so that: N M*P, where P is the number of multiple loads.
55. Power supply system configuration according to claim 43 , wherein the improvement is comprised of including the means for summing the portions of converted power, said means providing electrical compatibility to circuits they couple, into the said common combined circuits of primary power sources, of multi-channel DC-DC converters and of loads.
56. Power supply system configuration according to claim 43 , wherein the improvement is that any multi-channel DC-DC power converter is comprised of multiple unitary switch-mode DC-DC power converters each of them comprising an internal power conversion channel together with internal control circuits incorporating the means for generating the internal synchronizing and operating signals.
57. Power supply system configuration according to claim 56 , wherein the improvement is that everyone of said multiple unitary DC-DC power converters operates with a common operating frequency period.
58. Power supply system configuration according to claim 57 , wherein the improvement is that input circuits of said multiple unitary switch-mode DC-DC power converters are connected in series or in parallel to said primary DC power sources and output circuits of said multiple unitary switch-mode DC-DC power converters are connected in series or in parallel to said loads.
59. Power supply system configuration according to claim 56 , is comprised of a control circuit, wherein the improvement is that said control circuit comprises means for generating the internal clock pulse signal with a common frequency period together with means for generating the externally synchronized clock pulse signal, said means for generating the externally synchronized clock pulse signal have separate input for external synchronization.
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